A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Van in Turkey. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/25 / 2025-12-07 19:17:31 / December 7, 2025 @ 7:17 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000rt7l. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rt7l. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.338 km (11 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:17:31 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 17.338 km, 43.5534° East, 38.6868° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ahlat, Patnos, Başkale (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Van (c. 371 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Erciş (c. 91 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Patnos (c. 87 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ahlat (c. 64 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Adilcevaz (c. 52 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Başkale (c. 14 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km NE of Van, Turkey.
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